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Ilya Liverts
9,677 PointsHow to create custom loops?
To create custom loops in our WordPress templates, we use the____ function. I have no idea what to fill here. That question from quiz.
2 Answers
John Leskas
24,093 PointsWP_Query function is the answer:
An example of this function would be:
<?php $args = array( 'post_type' => 'post', 'tax_query' => array( array( 'taxonomy' => 'people', 'field' => 'slug', 'terms' => 'bob', ), ), ); $query = new WP_Query( $args );
// The Loop if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) { echo '<ul>'; while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) { $the_query->the_post(); echo '<li>' . get_the_title() . '</li>'; } echo '</ul>'; } else { // no posts found } /* Restore original Post Data */ wp_reset_postdata();
Ryan Cates
18,344 PointsIn addition to John's comment... this might be a bit much if you're a beginner to WordPress but this will help to understand what you can do with loops. Codex